Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at R-Tech Refractories Inc, 275 Rodemacher Rd, Lena, LA 71447, LENA, LOUISIANA 71447
on , Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries, affecting the other finger(s) n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was filling a rocking dumpster with refractory rubble and disposing of it into a bigger dumpster. The rocking dumpster was on the forks of a forklift. His left hand was on the bottom of the dumpster as he went to pour the rubble into a bigger dumpster below. When the rocking dumpster tipped over his left index, middle, and ring fingers were crushed between the dumpster and the forklift forks.
HospitalizedOther finger(s) n.e.c.Tanks, bins, vats except confined space